jaleo wrote:
Testing again but no luck...

For info:

- My forum is Spanish so there are characters like Ñ ñ that English doesn`t have.
- phpbb_users table start with:


- I have changed the only user of jos_users (admin) and nothing happens (it was correctly added to users but phpBB don't).


Than we might have a localisation problem.. I don't know how to solve that. Anyone else out there to help out?

Post edited by: michiel, at: 2007/05/08 18:05

laine wrote:
Hi,

Can someone help me with step by step instructions?

I have a phpbb forum in A domain and I would like to shift the whole forum to B domain and just direct A domain to B domain. B domain is using Joomla so I was thinking to use FireBoard instead. So how do I do that since my phpBB is a different database and infact different domain too (ha!)

erm...I need more clearer instructions please...I cannot figure out what to do with the converter zip file

Thanks!

laine, when your database are not on the same domain this is what you need to do:

- Dump the tables from phpbb in domain A to a backup-file (i.e. use phpmyadmin if available)
- Load the dump-file on domain B (i.e. again using phpmyadmin)
- Modify script-file to suit settings for domain B
- Upload script to root-folder
- Run script at www.domainb.com/phpbb2fb.php

That should do it!

Good luck

Thanks Michiel,

can give me some more details?

No.1 Do you mean I use phpmyadmin export the phpBB database(SQL format)...save it to my home pc.
No.2 Use phpmyadmin again to import the SQL file to Domain B, in the same database as Joomla.
No.3 Modify script-file??? Which script-file and what to modify? U mean the Converter Zip file?
No.4 upload script to root folder - my joomla is installed in a sub folder(/public_html/v2), so do I still upload the script to root folder (/public_html/)???

Thanks!

1. Yes you should use phpmyadmin to export the database in SQL format and save it to your home pc. In order to do that: Go to your phpmyadmin page. Open the database you want to export. Then choose Export from the tab-menu's on top. Select the tables you want to export (typically only the tables from phpbb). Make sure to choose SQL-format. On the bottom choose "Save as file" (choose compression if needed). You should be automatically downloading a <databse>.sql file. Leave all other settings as they are.

2. Now go to phpmyadmin in domain B to access database B. Choose import and locate the file you just downloaded to your harddrive. Leave settings standard as they are. Your database from domain A should be imoported into database B now.

3. Open the zip-file and open phpbb2fb.php in a text-editor. Modify the connection-settings for your database B. Save & Quit texteditor.

4. Upload the script to the root of your joomla installation (not the root of your ftp, it needs to be accessible trough your browser!). Run the script from www.domainb.com/phpbb2fb.php (or whereever the root of your joomla-installation is...

5. Make sure to delete the file when done (Check if everything is imported well before deleting )

That should do it...

Post edited by: michiel, at: 2007/05/09 11:08

Hi all,
I have a phpbb2 forum : it has about 500 member and I have a joomla site too: it has about 1500 member, and i want to make a forum for my joomla site by converting my phpbb one !
My question is : what will happen for my 500 member of phpbb!? and is it possible to copi them in the user table of joomla ( i.e : there are many simmilar user names in joomla and phpbb)

answer please

Hi all.
I using FB and now i convert all from phpbb but i will use community bulder.
when i import users and other things from phpbb, i dont have the cb profiles...

this get back error about

Code:

This profile does not exist or is no longer available

can someone help me ???

(sorry for my bad english, im from slovakia)

thanks

did you sync your users?

Your question! it's for me or for snipi ?

danialt wrote:
did you sync your users?i use the phpbb2fb.zip converter. its gr8 but user created with this tool is not created and imported to community builder. is it posieble or no? where i find something to import users from fb to cb?

thanks

Thanks Michiel,

I will try it out in this weekend.... THanks a LOTTT for the details!!!